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Emerging Leaders: USAID Community Connections

WorldBoston is pre-qualified as a local hosting organization for the USAID Community Connections Program, allowing us to submit proposals to host Community Connections group in Boston.   

The Community Connections Program, managed by the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and administered by World Learning, is designed to promote public diplomacy through the exchange of cultural ideas and values among participants, U.S. families and local community host organizations. It seeks to establish and strengthen links between U.S. communities and communities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 

The Community Connections Program offers home-stay based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals.

The goals of the Community Connections program are to:

• provide participants with professional training and exposure to day-to-day functioning of a free market system;
• encourage public-private partnerships in Europe/Eurasia by including private sector and government participants on U.S. visits;
• create links between U.S. and Europe/Eurasia regions and communities. 

As a local host, WorldBoston arranges local programming for visitors, including homestays, professional appointments, internships, and cultural activities.

Upcoming Participants

July 2008 - Ukraine - Historical and Cultural Preservation

Alumni

May 2007 - Ukraine - Assistance to Vulnerable Families through Media

May 2006 - Kyrgyzstan - NGO Development and the Role of Associations

August 2006 - Kyrgyzstan - Religious Diversity

Homestay Host Information

Homestay hosts are vital to the success of this project.  Our homestay hosts voluntarily open their homes to our guests in exchange for a wonderful learning experience and a valuable friendship.

“The experience was rewarding in many ways for me and also for my family. The generosity of my guests in presenting gifts from their country was touching and gratefully received. They learned about us and we learned much about Russia from them.”

 - First-time homestay host, Shirley MacPhee.

Are you interested in becoming a homestay host?  Follow the link to learn more. 

Already a homestay host? Click here for useful information and Web sites!

For more information on Community Connections, please contact Jennifer D'Attanasio

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